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Definition: For the better
Better
\Bet"ter\, n.
1. Advantage, superiority, or victory; -- usually with of;
as, to get the better of an enemy.
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2. One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in
merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural.
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Their betters would hardly be found. --Hooker.
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For the better, in the way of improvement; so as to produce
improvement.
“If I have altered him anywhere for the
better.” --Dryden.
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